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This time, rural voters ‘just weren’t there’ for the GOP

States Newsroom · November 13, 2026

LAMPASAS, Texas — Standing at the edge of his family’s 300-acre cattle ranch in Central Texas, Clayton Tucker is characteristically attired in a white Stetson western hat, a beige shirt with pearl snaps, and lightly faded Wrangler jeans. At 35, Tucker is poised to become the first Democrat in more than three decades…

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This time, rural voters ‘just weren’t there’ for the GOP

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